Ms. Koch graduated in 2023 from Harvard College, where she was the editor-in-chief of the student weekly, the Harvard Independent. She reports on issues of higher education and foreign policy at The New York Sun.
Prosecutors in the United States are seeking to charge him under the 1917 Espionage Act, which has never before been used against a journalist.
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The current president enjoys a fine ranking on an online survey of ‘presidential greatness,’ clinching a spot higher than the original ‘MAGA’ man before President Trump.
By M.J. KOCH
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Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, writes that ‘if necessary, we are ready to help with the independence referendum, and we will recognize the People’s Republic of Texas if there is one.’
By M.J. KOCH
||Foreign
‘It is my hope,’ Congresswoman Virginia Foxx says, ‘that these subpoenas serve as a wakeup call to Harvard that Congress will not tolerate antisemitic hate in its classrooms or on campus.’
By M.J. KOCH
||Education
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, House Republicans are feuding over whether the leaking of intelligence about the nuclear threat was merely a ploy to secure passage of more aid for Ukraine.
By M.J. KOCH
||Foreign
The legal group led by President Trump’s adviser, Stephen Miller, has published Disney’s ‘Inclusion Standards,’ which impose strict percentages for hiring and staffing from minority groups.
By M.J. KOCH
||National
While the fate of aid to Kyiv, Taipei, and Jerusalem hangs in balance, it appears that the ‘America first’ party is gaining ground at the expense of the party it calls ‘America last.’
By M.J. KOCH
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Involving two nations with deplorable records on human rights and free speech — and whose apparent goal is to weaponize the web — would be a mistake, member states and human rights advocates warn.
By M.J. KOCH
||Foreign
The suppressed content covers issues such as Covid lockdowns and Hunter Biden’s laptop, which were posted by public officials, influential private figures, and everyday citizens.
By M.J. KOCH
||National
‘We have grave concerns,’ Representative Virginia Foxx’s 16-page letter asserts, ‘regarding the inadequacy of Columbia’s response to antisemitism on its campus.’
By M.J. KOCH
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Alison Esposito, campaigning on public safety and American exceptionalism, hopes to flip red a longtime blue district in New York.
By M.J. KOCH
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After Republicans vote in the Senate against a foreign aid bill they previously supported, Trump’s ‘America first’ foreign policy seems to be gaining steam.
By M.J. KOCH
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